Dave, Crost, and McCadney were among 25 digital marketers selected by BtoB’s editorial staff as Top Digital Marketers of 2013. The winners were selected based on criteria including strong interactive vision; innovative use of digital technologies; and proven technologies.

Dave, Crost, and McCadney were among 25 digital marketers selected by BtoB’s editorial staff as Top Digital Marketers of 2013. The winners were selected based on criteria including strong interactive vision; innovative use of digital technologies; and proven technologies.

Online ratings on Amazon, Yelp, TripAdvisor and other sites can make or break your business.
Did you know?:
• 70% consumers trust online reviews (Nielsen)
• Increasing Yelp ratings by one star can boost revenues by 5% to 9% (Harvard Business Review)
• 67% prospects change their mind after reading only one to three negative reviews (Lightspeed)

In this informative webinar, you’ll learn how to:
•Boost online ratings on shopping and review sites
•Increase rankings (you’ll see how one hotel jumped 50 rungs on the TripAdvisor rankings ladder)
•Leverage user-generated content to boost SEO, engagement, and sales

Rubio’s Fresh Mexican Grill’s mission is to “create raving fans.” Rubio’s has built an army of nearly 100,000 raving Rubio’s fans that it’s leveraging to boost online ratings on Yelp and elsewhere plus sell more tacos and burritos.

Ten lucky webinar attendees will get a free copy of “Brand Advocates: Turning Enthusiastic Customers into a Powerful Marketing Force”

About Zuberance

Zuberance is a social media marketing company that manages and powers Brand Advocate programs for leading consumer and business brands, plus growing SMBs. Zuberance’s award-winning social media marketing platform enables companies to systematically identify and energize their highly-satisfied customers (AKA “Brand Advocates”), driving measurable increases in referral leads, recommendations, and revenues. For more information, visit http://www.zuberance.com or follow Zuberance on Twitter @zuberance.

You have a secret content marketing weapon: Brand Advocates. As your most loyal, engaged, and enthusiastic customers, they’ll gladly create positive reviews, glowing testimonials, and more. Unlike your high paid agency or in-house copywriter, you don’t have to pay them thousands or hundreds of thousands or dollars to create compelling content. Simply make it easy for Advocates and they will happily create fantastic and authentic content. Intrigued?

Bill Lee (Author of "The Hidden Wealth of Customers") triggered a firestorm of controversy when he declared recently in a provocative Harvard Business Review blog post that traditional marketing – including advertising, public relations, branding and corporate communications – is dead.

What do you think? Is it time to sound the death knell for traditional marketing? Is traditional marketing still alive and well? Are paid, owned, and earned media merging?

Register now for this exciting webinar hosted by Zuberance, the leaders in brand advocacy. This is sure to be one of the most talked-about webinars of all of 2012!

Companies today are investing in Influencer outreach strategies in hopes that a known name can deliver their message to a vast audience. 40,000 blog subscribers may look tempting, but many brands are sitting right on top of an untapped digital gold mine: their own Brand Advocates. These highly satisfied customers are eager and willing to share their positive brand experiences, defend companies from negative Word of Mouth, and deliver new customers. As marketers are developing both influencer outreach and brand advocacy strategies, it’s important to understand the characteristics, motivations, and objectives behind engaging these two segments.

Register for the Zuberance webinar featuring three established social marketing authors who will share their insights on Influencers and Brand Advocates.

What You’ll learn:
-The difference between Influencers and Brand Advocates (what makes them tick, what drives their behavior)
-When to invest in an influencer outreach program vs brand advocacy strategy
-Influencer outreach and brand advocacy success stories from top brands

Brand Advocacy is hot! According to a recent IBM study, brand advocacy is the #1 priority for CMO’s globally. As forward-thinking marketers are developing strategies to find and activate their most enthusiastic customers, it’s important to put to rest some myths surrounding advocacy. This webinar will address what it takes to run a successful advocacy program and the characteristics and motivations of Brand Advocates. (Do you know what Advocates crave most? Here’s a hint: It isn’t money.)

What You’ll Learn:
-Surprising insights about who Brand Advocates are and what makes them tick
-Best practices for engaging and energizing this influential segment to drive leads and sales
-How to measure the impact from brand advocacy programs
-Real world case studies from top brands like Ancestry.com, Rubio’s, and Intuit

Word of Mouth is the “world’s most powerful sales tool,” according to Nielsen. Today, thanks to social media like blogs, social networks, Twitter and more, WOM is more influential than ever. Forward-thinking marketers are boosting positive Word of Mouth by finding and activating their enthusiastic customers (AKA “Brand Advocates.”) But how do marketers harness the power of social media and Word of Mouth in B2B environments?